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American Friends Service Committee

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Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Nancy J. Babb Collected Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Babb, Nancy
Abstract Nancy Babb (1884-1948) was a member of the Society of Friends who served as a field representative for the Red Cross and then as a relief worker in Russia from 1917 to the mid 1920s. On her return to the United States in 1928 Babb lectured about her work in Russia. Babb also volunteered for a number of various women's organizations, including the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom. Babb established the National Circulating Library of Student's Peace Posters, an organization...
Dates: Majority of material found within 1921-1949

Margaret E. Jones Papers

 Collection — Othertype RG5-167
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-167
Overview Margaret E. Jones (1895-1984), daughter of William B. and Phebe Jones, was a birthright Quaker member of Moorestown Monthly Meeting of Friends in New Jersey. She was involved with the American Friends Service Committee for many years, first as a staff member, then serving on the Board of Directors. The collection contains scrapbooks kept by Margaret E. Jones while she was in Europe involved in relief work in 1933 and again from 1958-1959. Includes a number of photographs of places and...
Dates: 1937-1969

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  • Subject: Society of Friends -- Charities X
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Famines -- Soviet Union -- History -- Sources 1
International relief -- Soviet Union -- History -- Sources 1
Quaker women 1
Quaker women -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- History -- Sources 1
Reconstruction (1914-1939) -- Soviet Union -- Sources 1